Ronald Reagan

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"Well, the Soviets don't have reliable agriculture. They need us to feed their people."

"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting."

"I forget more than most people ever know."

"Nancy is the first thing that I think of when I wake up and the last thing I think of when I go to sleep."

"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."

"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."

"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."

"The greatest achievements of mankind have come when government power was limited."

"I've always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world comes from people who are too busy to mind their own business."

"Man is not free unless government is limited."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"I've often wondered, how do you tell communists? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."

"The greatest threat to our future is not something that will happen to us... it is something we will do to ourselves."

"To know him was to love him."

"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."

"Heroes may not be braver than ordinary men, but they are brave five minutes longer."

"There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers."

"The most dangerous place in America is the womb."

"God's greatest gift to mankind is freedom of choice."

"Surround yourself only with people who will lift you higher."

"I know in my heart that man is good."

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

"The Soviet Union underestimated the American patriot."

"I believe we must never stop fighting for what is right."

"Concentrate on what you do best."